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VERY 

LITTLE  TALES 

FOR 

VERY  LITTLE  CHILDREN; 

IN  SINGLE  SYLLABLES 
OP 

THREE  AND  FOUR  LETTERS. 

FIRST  SERIES. 

FIRST  AMERICAN* 

FROM  THE  SIXTH  LONDON  EDITION. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
GEO.  S.  APPLETON,  148  CHESNUT  ST. 

NEW  YORK: 
D.  APPLETON  &  CO.  200  BROADWAY. 

1848. 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 
PREFACE 7 

PREFACE  TO  THE  SIXTH  EDITION,. 11 

TALE  FIRST.— THE  CAT  AND  THE  HEN,  13 

TALE  SECOND.— A  CAT  IN  A  BAG 57 

TALE  THIRD.— SAM  AND  HIS  DOG  RED 

LEG 91 

TALE  FOURTH.— BOB  AND  TOM  LEE,  ..  133 

(5) 


PREFACE. 


Those  persons  who  know 
the  difficulty  of  putting  in- 
to words  of  three  or  four 
letters,  any  connected  story 
suited  to  the  capacity,  and 
calculated  to  fix  the  atten- 
tion of  an  infant,  will,  it  is 

(7) 


8  PREFACE. 

hoped,  feel  more  disposed 
to  thank  the  writer  for 
attempting  this  little  work, 
than  to  blame  her  for  not 
having  been  more  success- 
ful in  its  performance. 

It  is  meant  only  for  chil- 
dren who  have  just  acquir- 
ed the  knowledge  of  their 
alphabet ;  a  period  in  juve- 
nile education  which  has 


PREFACE.  9 

• 

been  hitherto  left  without 
any  provision  of  the  kind; 
and  the  tales,  being  all  pro- 
gressive, are  designed,  by 
an  easy  and  gradual  ascent, 
to  lead  the  young  learner 
on  to  the  various  early 
lessons  provided  by  many 
excellent  writers  for  the 
more  advanced  stages  of 
infantine  acquirement. 


B 


10  PREFACE. 

__  • 

May  He,  without  whose 
aid  no  work  can  prosper, 
give  the  little  book  his 
blessing ! 


PREFACE 


TO 


THE   SIXTH  EDITION, 


The  suitableness  of  this 
little  work  to  its  object,  is 
proved  by  the  fact,  that  the 
first  edition  went  off  within 
three  weeks  from  the  day 
of  its  publication,  and  that 
a  fourth  w£s  required  in 


(id 


12  PREFACE. 

less  than  eighteen  months 
after  that  time. 

The  careful  revision 
which  better  experience 
of  its  usefulness  has  encou- 
raged the  writer  to  bestow 
upon  it,  will,  she  trusts, 
render  it  more  deserving 
of  the  approbation  with 
which  it  has  already  been 
favoured  by  the  public. 


FIRST  TALE. 


THE  CAT  AND  THE  HEN. 


(13) 


THE 

CAT  AND  THE  HEN. 

FIRST  TALE. 

121  WOftttS  OF  THREE  LETTERS 

PART  I. 

AN  OLD  BOY. 

One  boy  had  a  pet 
cat;  it  was  an  odd 
pet,  was  it  not  1  and 
one  had  a  pet  hen ;  it 
was  an  odd  pet  too. 


16  THE    CAT 

Ned,  the  boy  who 
had  the  eat,  was  a 
bad  boy.  He  was  not 
big,  but  he  was  old: 
he  was  ten ;  and  yet 
he  was  bad. 

Hal,  the  boy  who 
had  the  hen,  was  a 
big  boy:  he  was  not 
so  old  as  the  bad  boy, 
bnt  he  was  big   for 


AND    THE    HEN.  17 

his  age:  he  was  but 
six. 

The  boy  of  ten  had 
a  bad  fit  one  day;  and 
tho'  he  was  so  old,  he 
did  cry  all  day ;  but 
no  one  saw  why. 

The  big  boy  was 
sad  to  see  him  cry, 
and  he  did  ask  him, 
"Ned,   why    do   you 


6 


THE    CAT 


cry  all  day  T»  and  did 
try  not  to  let  him. 

But  the  bad  boy 
Lit  him  a  box  on  the 
ear ;  and  put  him  off, 


AND    THE  HEN.  19 

and  did  say  in  a  pet, 
"Sir,  do  not  ask  me 
why  I  cry ;  I  may  cry 
or  not  as  I  see  fit :  you 
are  bad  to  me,  sir." 

«  Oh  no,  Wed,  I  am 
not  bad  to  you:  I  do 
not  ask  why  you  cry, 
as  you  bid  me  not." 


20  THE  CAT 

PART  II. 

A  SAD    BOY. 

Boy  of  six. — "  Why 
did  you  say  I  was  bad 
to  you,  Ned  P> 

Boy  of  ten. — "You 
are  bad  to  me,  sir." 

Boy  of  six. —  "Oh 


AND   THE   HEN.  21 

Ned !  I  do  not  say  sir 
to  you.  Pa-pa  did 
say  to  me,  one  day,  it 
was  bad  to  say  sir;  so 
do  not  say  sir  to  me, 
Ned." 

Boy  of  ten.-"  I  may 
say  sir,  if  I  see  fit; 
and  I  do  say  sir  to 
you,  for  you  are  bad 
to  me,  sir" 


22  THE  CAT. 

Boy  of  six "How 

am  I  bad  to  you,  Ned? 
Say  how  I  am  bad  to 
you,  and  I  can  try 
not  to  be  so. 

Boy  of  ten.—"  No, 
you  do  not  try ;  you 
are  bad  to  me.  Did 
you  not  get  the  pet 
hen  from  the  old  man 
at  the  cot,  tho'  I  did 


AND    THE    HEN.  23 

ask  him  for  it,  to  lay 
an  egg  for  me  !*• 

Bay  of  six, — "Yes, 
I  did  get  the  hen,  hut 
the  old  man  at  the  cot 
got  it  for  me,  and  put 
it  in  to  my  hox,  to  lay 
an  egg  for  me :  he 
did  not  get  it  for  you, 
Ned." 

Boy  of  ten. — "I  can 


24  THE    CAT 

get  it  off  the  nest  yet, 
sir." 

Boy  of  six, — "  If  you 
are  so  bad  to  mc,  Ned, 
I  can  go  to  Tom  Orr, 
who  is  as  old  as  you 
are,  and  yet  he  is  not 
bad  to  me." 

Boy  often. — "  Do  go 
off  to  him.  Go ;  you 
got  a  dog  for  Torn, 


AND    THE  HEN.  25 

and  you  got  no  dog, 
or  no  hen,  for  me;  so 
you  see  you  are  bad 
to  me." 

Hal  ran  to  Tom 
Orr,to  sit  by  him;  for 
Tom  was  a  boy  who 
was  not  bad ;  no  oner 
saw  him  bad  for  one 
day,  old  as  he  was. 


26  THE    CAT 


PART  III. 

A    SAD    BOY. 


Hal.-'  Oh!  Tom, 
I  am  so  sad  to  day ;  I 
can  not  say  to  you 
how  sad  I  am." 

Tom.—"  Why  are 
you  sad,  Hal 1 


AND    THE  HEN.  27 

Hal. — "  I  am  sad 
to  see  Ned  so  bad  a 
boy :  he  is  in  his  old 
bad  fit  to  day ;  and  I 
can  not  get  him  out 
of  it  all  I  can  do." 

Tom. —  "  He  may 
go  out  of  it  now :  we 
are  not  by  to  see  him; 
for  he  is  a  sad  bad 
boy :  but,  as  we  can 


28  THE    CAT 

not  get  him  out  of  it, 
do  not  let  us  be  sad." 

Hal.—"  No,  do  not 
let  us  be  sad.  It  is  a 
hot  day,  so  let  us  go 
out.  Let  us  get  our 
*  dog,  and  run  to  the 
new  cut  hay." 

Tom  got  his  dog; 
and  Hal  and  he  ran 
off  to  the  hay,  and  lay 


AND    THE   HEN.  29 

on  it  in  the  hot  sun : 
and  Tom  put  hay  on 
the  top  of  his  dog, 
and  hid  him  for  fun. 
So  the  dog  got  out, 
and  ran  off  to  Ned. 
Tom  and  Hal  ran 
too;  and  as  Hal  ran 
up  to  Ned,  he  saw 
him  sit  on  his  box, 
(the  box  he  had  for 


30  THE    CAT 

his  hen,)  and  Hal  did 
cry  out  to  Tom,  "Oh! 
Tom,  Ned  has  got  my 
box,  and  my  pet  hen ; 
and  if  the  hen  is  in 
the  box,  and  can  not 
get  air,  she  may  die. 
Do,  Tom,  bid  him  not 
sit  on  the  lid  of  the 
box ;  and  do  ask  him 
to   let    my   hen   get 


AND    THE    HEN.  3. 

out."  So  Tom  bid 
Ned  let  Hal  get  his 
own  hen  out  of  the 
box. 

But  the  bad  boy 
sat  on  the  box  lid, 
and  did  not  get  off 
it ;  and  he  had  a  sad 
air* 


32  THE  CAT. 


PART  IV. 

A  NEW  BOY 


Now,  Ned  was  a 
sad  bad  boy,  we  all 
see;  but,  bad  as  he 
was,  he  now  saw  his 
own  sin ;  for  as  Tom 
and  Hal  lay  in  the 


ANDTHEHEN.  33 

hay,  Gtod  had  let  him 
see  how  bad  he  was, 
as  you  are  now  to  see. 
As  he  sat  on  the  box 
lid,  he  did  say  to  Hal, 
"Oh,  Hal,  you  are 
not  bad  to  me,  but  I 
was  bad  to  you :  you 
do  not  yet  see  how 
bad  I  was  to  you." 
And    Ned    did    cry. 


£ 


84  THE    CAT 

"  But  now  I  ask  you 
not  to  put  me  off;  for, 
if  I  try,  you  may  yet 
see  me  a  new  boy,  and 
may  let  me  be  a  pet 
boy  to  you,  as  you  are 
to  Tom  Orr." 

Hal.  —  "  Yes,  yes, 
you  are  my  pet  boy 
now.  Oh,  joy,  joy, 
Tom!  we  may  all  cry 


AND    THE   HEN.  35 

joy  to  day,  for  Ned  is 
not  a  bad  boy  now." 

Tom,  in  joy. — "Do 
you  say  so  Pf. 

Hal.— "Yes,  he  is 
a  new  boy." 

JVed.—  "I  can  try 
to  be  a  new  boy;  but 
you  do  not  see  how 
bad  I  was  yet." 

Tom. — "  Oh,  if  you 


36  THE   CAT 

try  not  to  be  bad,  it 
is  all  we  ask ;  so  now 
be  gay,  as  we  are ; 
and  let  us  all  run  to 
the  new  cut  hay." 

Mai. — "Yes,  let  us 
all  run  off,  and  we 
can  put  the  dog,  and 
the  cat,  and  the  pet 
hen,  all  in  the  hay  for 
fun ;  and  Ned  can  see 


AND   THE   HEN.  37 

the  dog  and  the  eat 
run  out  of  the  hay ; 
and  the  hen  fly  off*  to 
her  sod  hut.  Let  us 
get  the  eat  and  the 
hen,  and  £$&' 


38  THE  CAT 


PART  V. 

A  BOY   SAD   FOR   HIS   SIN. 

Ned  did  not  get  up: 
he  did  cry  on;  and 
he  did  say,  "Go,  Hal, 
run  to  the  hay,  hut 
let  me  sit  on  the  hox, 
for  I  am  sad." 


AND  THE   HEN.  89 

Tom. — "But  why 
are  you  sad,  Ned? 
you  are  not  bad  now." 

JYed.— "Oh,  no,  not 
now;  but  I  was  so 
bad." 

Hal.— "How,  Ned, 
do  say  how  If. 

JYed.—  "!  put  the 
eat  in  to  the  box,  on 
the  top  of  the  hen, 


40  THE  GAT 

and  sat  on  the  lid  to 
yex  you,  Hal;  and 
the  eat  hit  the  hen; 
and  the  hen  put  out 
the  eye  of  my  cat,  hut 
the  cat  did  not  die ; 
no,  it  got  out,  and  ran 
off,  as  I  put  up  the 
lid  of  the  hox." 

Hal.  —  "  And    did 
my  pet  hen  die !» 


AND   THE   HEN.  41 

JYed.  —  "  Oh,  yes, 
Hal,  you  may  see  it 
lie  in  the  box ;  so  you 
see  now,  how  bad  I 
am;"  and  Ned  did 
cry  and  sob. 

Tom  put  up  the  lid 
of  the  box,  and  Hal 
saw  his  pet  hen  lie! 
Oh !  it  Was  sad  to  see 
her;  and  Hal  ran  off 

r 


43  THE  CAT 

not  to  see  her  die : 
and  he  hid  in  the  sod 
hut ;  for,  tho'  he  was 
not  a  had  hoy,  yet  he 
did  cry  for  his  pet 
hen 


AND    THE    HEN.  « 


PART  VI. 

A  BOY  IN  WO. 

Hal  did  not  let  Ned 
see  him  cry.  He  sat 
in  the  hut ;  and  as  he 
sat,  he  saw  the  cat  lie 
on  a  hed  of  hay  far 
off.  It  did  not  get 
up,  or   run   off,  hut 


44  THE    CAT 

did  cry  and  mew,  as 
if  it  was  ill :  so  Hal 
did  go  to  it,  and  he 
saw  it  did  not  see; 
and  he  was  sad  for 
the  cat ;  and  Hal  did 
rub  its  ear,  and  try  to 
be  of  use  to  it ;  and 
the  cat  did  pur  for 
him;  but  it  did  not 
see  him. 


AND    THE   HEN.  46 

Hal  sat  by  the  cat, 
and  Ned  ran  in,  to 
say  he  was  on  his  way 
to  the  man  at  the  cot, 
to  ask  for  a  new  pet 
hen  for  him;  and  as 
he  saw  Hal  pat  his 
cat,  and  rub  her  ear, 
Ned. put  his  arm  on 
Hal,  and  did  cry,  and 
say,  "  Oh,  Hal,  was  I 


46  THE  CAT 

not  a  bad  boy  to  you? 
Yes,  I  am  bad  to  all ! 
Oh !  how  sad  it  is  to 
see  my  eat!  It  has 
no  eye,  it  can  not  see, 
and  it  is  ill.  Oh !  if 
it  did  but  die,  as  the 
hen  did !" 

Hal.—  "  Do  not  be 
so  sad,  Ned,  we  can 
pet  the  cat,  and  try 


AND    THF    HEN.  <7 

to  be  of  use  to  her 
yet;  and  as  you  are 
not  bad  now,  we  may 
all  be  in  joy." 

But  Ned  was  not 
in  joy. 


48  THE  CAT. 


PART  VII. 
A  BOY   IN  JOY. 

Tom  now  ran  in  to 
the  hnt,  and  joy  was 
in  his  eye,  and  he  did 
say  to  Hal,  "Ned  is 
not  bad  now,  is  he  V9 

Hal. — "No,  no,  he 
is  a  new  boy :  he  did 


AND   THE   HEN.  49 

ask  Ctod  not  to  let 
him  be  bad,  and  he  is 
our  own  boy  now." 

Tom. — "If  so,  do 
not  let  us  be  sad  all 
day,  but  let  us  run  to 
the  hay,  and  try  to 
lay  it  out  to  dry  for 
the  men  who  mow." 

JVed.—  "You  can 
not  be  sad,  Tom,  for 


50  THE  CAT 

you  are  not  bad ;  but 
I  am  bad,  and  can  not 
be  gay ;  do  you  two 
go  to  the  hay ;  but 
let  me  go  and  try  if 
I  can  get  a  new  pet 
hen  for  Hal." 

80  Tom  did  say, 
"Yes,  you  may  go, 
(and  fun  was  in  his 
eye,)  but  Hal  and  I 


AND   THE    HEN.  51 

may  go  too.  L*et  us 
get  the  box  and  go." 
So  all  ran  to  the  box, 
and  Ned  did  get  it; 
and  he  set  up  the  lid 
to  put  in  a  bed  of  hay 
for  the  new  hen;  but, 
to  his  joy,  the  old  pet 
hen  lay  on  its  bed  in 
the  box ;  and  she  did 
fly  out  as  he  set  up 


52  THE   CAT 

the  lid;  and  did  fix 
her  eye  on  him,  as  if 
she  was  in  joy  to  see 
him. 

So  Ned  did  cry  ont, 
"Oh,  joy,  joy,  Hal; 
she  did  not  die !  I  see 
how  it  is,  she  had  got 
ill,  hy  the  had  air  in 
the  box ;  but  she  did 
not  die!" 


AND    THE   HEN. 


53 


And  so  it  was.  As 
Hal  and  Ned  ran  off, 
Tom  saw  the  hen  was 


54  THE  CAT 

too  ill  to  get  up,  but 
not  so  ill  as  to  die; 
and  he  had  put  her 
on  the  hot  hay  in  the 
sun,  and  let  her  lie; 
and  she  got  out  of 
the  fit,  and  got  up, 
and  did  fly  to  her  box 
to  eat;  so  all  was  now 
joy,  as  she  did  not 
die. 


AND    THE    HEN.  55 

The  cat  did  not  see, 
but  she  was  not  ill; 
and  Ned,  as  oft  as  he 
saw  her,  set  her  in  his 
lap,  and  fed  her,  and 
did  say,  "Oh!  how 
sad  it  is  to  be  a  bad 
boy;"  and  he  was  now 
the  pet  boy  of  Tom, 
and  Hal,  and  all  who 
saw  him;  and  the  eye 


56     THE  CAT  AND  THE  HEN. 

of  God  was  on  him, 
as  it  was  on  Hal  and 
Tom. 


SECOND  TALE. 


A   CAT   IN   A    BAG. 


(67) 


CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

SECOND  TALE. 

IN  WORDS  OF  THREE  LETTERS. 

PART  I. 

A  SAD  BAD   BOY. 

Sam  Ray  was  a  bad 
boy.  He  was  so  bad, 
be  did  not  do  as  he 
was  bid;  but  he  did 

»9) 


60         A  CAT   IN   A   BAG.  . 

all  he  was  bid  not  to 
do. 

One  day  he  got  an 
old  pet  cat,  and  he 
put  it  in  to  a  bag,  and 
did  try  to  tie  it  up  in 
the  bag. 

The  pet  cat  did 
mew  and  cry,  and  did 
try  to  get  out  of  his 
way,  and  she  bit  him 


A  CAT  IN  A  BAG.         61 

on  the  leg,  and  on  the 
arm,  and  got  off. 

But  Sam  did  not 
let  her  go  far ;  he  ran 
at  her,  and  got  her 
up  on  his  arm,  and 
hit  her  a  box  on  the 
ear.  Nor  was  the  box 
all  he  did  to  her ;  no, 
he  put  her  in  to  the 
bag,  and  did  tie  her 


62         A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

up  ill  it ;  and  he  cut 
a  rod,  and  hit  her,  as 
she  lay  in  the  hag,  to 
get  her  to  cry  out. 
Oh !  was  he  not  a  sad 
had  hoy  1 


A  CAT  IN  A  BAG.         63 

PART  II. 
THE  BOY  WHO  WAS  NOT  BAD. 

Hal  Ray  was  not 
a  bad  boy;  and  he 
ran  out  to  see  why 
his  old  pet  cat  did 
mew  and  cry  in  so 
sad  a  way. 

He  ran  up  to  8am, 


U         A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

and  did  say  to  him, 
"Oh!  Sam,  why  did 
you  tie  the  cat  up 
in  the  hag  1  and 
why  do  you  hit  her? 
It  is  had  to  do  so; 
I  can  not  let  you 
do  it."  . 

Sam.—*'  I  do  it  for 
fun,  Hal ;  I  tie  her 
up  in  the  hag,  and  I 


A   CAT   IN   A    BAG. 


65 


hit  her,  and  get  her 
to  cry,  all  for  fun." 

Hah  —  "  Let  her 
out  of  the  bag,  Sam, 
I  beg  of  you ;  do  let 
her  go.  It  is  no  fun 
to  her,  to  be  put  up 
in  to  a  bag,  and  to 
be  hit,  and  if  pa-pa 
or  ma-ma  see  you, 
it  may  be   bad   fun 


66         A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

for  you ;  so  do  let  her 
go,  I  beg." 

Sam  did  not  do  as 
he  was  bid.  No,  he 
did  not  let  her  go, 
but  hit  her,  as  she  lay 
in  the  bag. 

Now,  his  pa-pa  and 
mam-ma  did  not  see 
him ;  but  God  did. 

The  cat  did  cry  and 


A   CAT    IN    A    BAG. 


6? 


mew  as  he  hit  her,  as 
if  she  had  got  mad ; 


and   did    try  to   get 
out. 


68         A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

As  she  did  so,  she 
saw  a  rip  in  the  bag, 
and,  to  her  joy,  she 
got  out  one  paw,  and 
one  eye,  and  one  ear ; 
and  now  the  rip  ran 
up  to  the  top  of  the 
bag;  and  pop  out  got 
the  cat,  ear,  and  eye, 
and  paw,  and  all. 


ft  CAT  IN   A  BAG.         60 


PART  III. 

AN  EYE  OUT. 


The  pet  cat  did 
not  now  run  off,  out 
of  the  way  of  Sam. 
Noj  she  was  now  as 
if  she  was  mad ;  and 


70  ACATINABAG. 

she  was  in  ire  at  him, 
and  ran  at  him,  and, 
oh !  sad  to  say,  she 
bit  him  in  one  eye, 
so  as  to  put  it  out; 
and  she  cut  him  on 
the  lip,  and  ear,  and 
on  the  eye  lid  of  the 
eye  she  had  not  bit; 
and  the  lid  of  it  lay 
all  cut  and  red  on  the 


•  -■ 


A  CAT   IN   A   BAG.         71 

eye,  so  as  not  to  let 
him  see  at  all. 

It  was  now  Sam 
who  was  to  cry;  and, 
oh!  how  he  did  cry 
out.  It  was  sad  to 
see  him ;  for  he  saw 
no  one.  Tho'  the  sun 
was  up,  and  hy  his 
ray  had  lit  up  the 
day,  for  all  men  to 


72         A  CAT   IN   A   BAG. 

see,  yet  Sam  saw  no 
one;  no  air,  no  sky, 
no  sun!  day  was  now 
no  day  to  him. 


It 

A  CAT  IN  A  BAG  73 


PART  IV. 

ILL    IN   BED. 

Hal   now    ran   in 

for  his  mam-ma,  and 
she  ran  to  see  her 
son,  and  to  ask  why 
he  did  cry:  hut  as 
she  saw  his  eye  lid, 


74         A   CAT   IN   A   BAG. 

and  his  ear,  and  his 
lip,  and  the  bad  eye, 
all  cut  in  a  way  so 
sad,  she  was  in  wo  for 
her  son,  and  she  did 
say  to  Hal,  "How 
has  Nam  got  cut  in  so 
bad  a  way?" 

Hal — "  It  was  the 
cat  who  ran  at  him, 
mam-ma,  and  bit  him, 


A   CAT   IN   A   BAG.  75 

and  put  out  his  eye ; 
but  do  not  ask  me 
why  the  cat  ran  at 
him." 

His  mam-ma  did 
not  ask,  but  she  put 
Nam  to  bed,  for  he 
was  too  ill  to  sit  up. 
It  was  sad  to  be  ill, 
was  it  not,  and  it  was 
sad  to  be  in  bed  too ; 


76         A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

but  it  was  wo  to  be 
ill,  and  in  bed,  and  not 
to  see,  all  in  one. 


A  CAT  IN  A  BAG.         77 


PART  V. 
NOT  FIT   TO  DIE. 

One  day  Sam  was 
so  hot,  and  so  ill  in 
bed,  he  was  let  to  get 
up;  but  his  eye  did 
not  let  him  sit,  or  lie, 
in  one  way,  all  day. 


78  A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

He  got  in  to  bed, 
and  out  of  bed,  and 
did  try  to  lie,  and  try 
to  sit  up ;  but,  no,  he 
was  so  ill,  he  saw  he 
was  to  die;  and  so 
did  Hal. 

Hal  did  ery  and 
sob,  to  see  him  so  ill ; 
but  Sam  bid  him  not. 

Sam, — "  Do  not  cry 


A   CAT    IN    A   BAG.         79 

for  me,  Hal,  for  I  am 
a  bad,  bad  boy.  I  am 
to  die,  and  yet  I  am 
not  fit  to  die!  Oh! 
if  I  had  let  the  cat 
go,  as  you  bid  me! 
But  I  did  not  do  as  I 
was  bid,  and  now  I 
am  to  die,  and  I  can 
not  see  mam-ma,  or 
pa-pa,  or  you."  i 


80         A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

So  Hal  did  cry  too, 
and  was  as  sad  as 
Sam.  But  his  mam- 
ma said  to  him,  "  Do 
not  cry,  my  boy;  Sam 
is  ill,  but  God  can 
yet  fit  him  to  die.  It 
is  to  be  of  use  to  him, 
God  has  let  him  be 
so  ill.  The  cut  on 
his   eye  lid  is  not  a 


A   CAT   IN   A    BAG.         81 

bad  one:  it  is  not  so 
ill  now  as  it  was;  and 
he  may  yet  see,  and 
not  be  ill." 

Hal—  "Oh!  do 
you  say  so,  mam-ma  1 
Oh!  I  am  in  joy  if 
you  say  Nam  may  yet 
see." 

Sam, — "  Tho'  I  am 


82  A  CAT  IN   A   BAG. 

ill  now,  and  tho'  my 
eye  is  out,  I  may  not 
die,  but  may  see  you 
all  yet !  Oh,  joy  ! 
Ah!  mam-ma,  let  us 
all  ask  Ctod  not  to  let 
me  sin,  and  not  to  let 
me  die,  but  to  let  me 
see." 

"Oh,    yes!"     Hal 
did    say,  "do  let  us 


A  CAT   IN   A  BAG.         83 

ask  Him  not   to  let 
Sam  die." 

No  his  mam-ma  bid 
Sam  go  and  say, — 
"  Oh !  my  Gtod,  do 
not  let  me  be  a  bad 
boy;  but  aid  me  to 
do  as  I  am  bid;  and 
let  me  do  to  all,  as  all 
are  bid  to  do  to  me." 


84         A  CAT   IN  A   BAG. 


PART  VI. 

THE  OLD  PET  CAT. 

In  a  day  or  two, 
Sam  was  not  ill.  The 
bad  eye  was  not  so 
hot  and  red ;  and  the 
cut  on  the  eye  lid  was 


A   CAT    IN   A   BAG.         85 

not  ill  at  all,  tho'  he 
did  not  yet  get  the 
lid  up  off  his  eye. 

As  the  day  was  at 
an  end,  he  got  in  to 
bed,  in  joy ;  for  he 
now  saw  he  was  not 
to  die:  and  Hal  lay 
hy  him,  in  joy  too. 
As  the  sun  got  up, 
8am    got  out  of  his 


86         A  CAT  IN  A  BAG. 

bed,  and  did  rub  his 
eye ;  and,  Oh !  joy, 
joy!  he  saw  it  was 
day !  "  I  see  the  sun ! 
I  see  the  sky!  I  see 
the  day  1"  he  did  say; 
and  he  did  cry  out  to 
Hal,  "  I  see  the  bed, 
Hal,  and  you  in  it: 
Oh !  get  up,  get  up, 
andletusruntomam- 


ACATINABAG.         87 

ma,  and  let  her  see 
how  I  can  see  now !" 
And  his  pa-pa,  and 
mam-ma,  and  Hal,  as 
they  saw  him,  did  all 
cry  out,  "Joy!  joy! 
our  boy  can  see!" 

Nam  now  ran  for 
the  old  pet  cat,  as  he 
had  got  his  eye  to  see 
her:  and  he  got  her 


88  A  CAT   IN   A   BAG. 

on  his  arm,  and  had 
her  for  his  own  pet; 
and  he  fed  her,  and 
let  her  lie  in  his  bed : 
and  the  old  eat  sat  on 
his  lap,  and  did  pur 
for  him  in  joy,  as  she 
let  him  rub  her  ear. 
And  his  mam-ma  did 
say  to  Nam,  "  You  do 
not  use  her  ill  now, 


A   CAT    IN    A    BAG.  89 

my  son,  so  we  do  not 
see  her  fly  at  you,  to 
put  out  an  eye,  and 
cut  you,  as  she  did 
the  day  you  put  her 
up  in  the  hag." 


END  OF  THE  SECOND  TALE. 

/ 


THIRD  TALE. 


SAM 


AND    HIS 


DOG    RED    LEG. 


9D 


SAM 

AND  HIS 

DOG  RED  LEG. 

THIRD  TALE. 

IN  WORDS  OF  THREE  LETTERS. 

PART  I. 
THE  LAP  DOG. 

Sam  was  a  big  boy, 
and  he  had  a  pet  lap 
dog.    He  let  it  lie  in 

33) 


94  SAM  AND  HIS 

his  bed  as  he  lay,  or 
he  let  it  sit  in  his  lap 
as  he  sat.  He  fed  it 
out  of  all  he  had  to 
eat ;  and  it  was  as  fat 
as  a  fed  pig;  yet  it 
was  not  so  big  as  a 
kid  of  a  day  old !  Was 
it  not  a  pet  1 

It  had  a  red  tip  to 
one  ear,  and  it  had 


DOG  RED  LEG.  95 

one  red  leg;  so  now 
you  see  why  it  was 
dog*  Red  Leg.  If 
Sam  bid  it  put  up  the 
red  paw  on  his  lap, 
the  dog  did  as  it  was 
bid,  and  put  up  no 
paw  but  the  red  one ; 
or  if  he  did  say  to  it, 
"  Go,  Red  Leg,  and 
get  me  my  hat  off  the 


96  SAM   AND   HIS 

pin,"  Red  Leg  ran  for 
the  hat,  and  got  it  off 
the  pin  for  Sam ;  and 
got  him  no  hat  but 
his  own. 

Now,  Red  Leg  was 
a  dog  of  wit,  as  you 
may  see ;  and  8am 
was  a  lad  of  wit,  too;  ± 
and  he  had  got  a  gun; 
for  he  was  old  and  big, 


DOG   RED   LEG.  97 

and  fit  to  use  one: 
and  he  let  no  one  get 
at  it,  or  use  it,  but 
men.  But  Bob  (a 
boy  who  saw  him  get 
it)  was  sad,  for  he 
had  no  gun.  He  was 
not  fit  to  get  one,  tho' 
he  was  as  big  and  as 
old  as  8am. 

Bob  was  son  to  an 


N 


98  SAM    AND   HIS 

old  man  who  lay  ill  in 
a  cot  not  far  off.  The 
old  man  had  no  son 
but  him.  He  had  had 
a  son  who  was  not  so 
old  as  Bob;  and  he 
was  not  bad.  He  was 
fit  to  die ;  so  God  had 
let  him  go  up  to  Him 
in  joy;  and  now  the 
old  man  had  no  son 


DOG   RED   LEG.  99 

but  Bob ;  and  he  was 
a  bad,  bad  boy. 

Bob  had  no  dog,  nor 
no  gun ;  but  he  had  a 
pet  of  his  own,  and  it 
was  a  bad  one.  You 
may  say  it  was  fit  for 
a  bad  boy  to  get  a 
bad  pet.  He  had  set 
a  gin  one  day,  and  he 
got  an  old  mag  pie  in 


100 


SAM   AND   HIS 


it;  and  tho'  the  mag 
pie  had  its  leg  cut  in 
the  gin,  Bob  did  not 
let  it  go,  but  put  it 
up  in  a  box,  and  had 
it  for  his  pet. 


DOG  RED  LEG.     101 


PART  II. 

THE  DOG  AND  GUN. 

Now  Sam  and  his 
dog,  and  Bob  and  his 
mag  pie,  set  off  one 
day,  to  sit  on  the  dry 
sod  in  the  sun. 

The  mag  pie  sat  by 


103  SAM  AND  HIS 

Bob,  and  Red  L*eg 
lay  on  the  sod  by 
Sam.  The  eye  of  the 
dog  was  on  Sam;  but 
his  lip  and  his  leg  lay 
on  the  top  of  the  gun. 
Now,  Bob  was  in 
joy  to  see  the  lip  of 
the  dog  at  the  top  of 
the  gun.  "  It  may  go 
off!  it  may  go   off!" 


DOG'EED  LEG.  103 

said  the  bad  boy. 
"The  gun  may  go  off, 
and  hit  Red  Leg,  and 
vex  Sam.  But  my 
pet  mag  pie  can  not 
be  hit  by  the  gun ;  for 
the  top  of  the  gun  is 
to  8am,  and  to  his 
dog,  and  not  to  me  or 
to  my  mag  pie." 
But  the  gun  was 


104  SAM   AND   HIS 

not  in  the  way  to  go 
off  as  it  lay.  It  was 
a  new  gun,  and  it  was 
an  odd  one  too.  If 
Nam  was  to  let  off  his 
gun,  he  had  to  fit  a 
tin  cap,  or  cup,  on  a 
peg  in  the  gun;  and 
the  cap  was  to  he  hit 
on  the  top,  to  set  the 
gun  off. 


DOG   RED   LEG.  105 

Now  Sam  had  put 
a  cap  on  the  peg  of 
his  gun ;  and  Bob  saw 
how  he  did  it :  for  he 
had  his  eye  on  the 
gun,  and  he  said, 
"Oh!  if  it  may  but 
go  off,  and  hit  the 
dog !  He  is  a  bad  old 
cur,  tho'  he  has  a  red 
leg;  and  he  bit  my 


106  SAM  AND   HIS 

mag  pie  one  day.  So 
do,  gun,  go  off,  and 
hit  him  if  you  can." 
But  the  gun  did 
not  go  off,  tho'  Bob 
bid  it.  80  he  ran  and 
got  a  log — a  big,  big 
log,  (he  did  not  let 
8am  see  him  get  it,) 
and  he  let  the  log  hit 
the  cap  of  the  gun  on 


DOG   RED   LEG.  107 

the  top,  to  set  it  off; 
and  the  gun  did  go 
off:  and,  how  ean  I 
say  to  you  all  the  ill 
it  did  1 

It  did  not  hit  Red 
Leg ;  hut  it  hit  the 
pet  mag  pie:  and  Boh 
saw  her  lie  on  the  sod, 
and  he  was  sad,  and 
did  soh  and  cry. 


108  SAM    AND    HIS 


PART  III. 

A   BAD    SON. 

To  hit  the  mag  pie 
was  not  all  the  ill  the 
gun  did.  The  old 
man  of  the  cot  was 
not  far  off,  and,  sad 


DOG  RED  LEG.  109 

to  say,  the  gun  hit 
him;  yes,  it  hit  him, 
and  he  lay  on  the  sod, 
as  if  to  die !  Bob  did 
not  see  the  gun  hit 
the  old  man;  but  it 
had  eut  him  on  the 
leg:  and  tho'  he  did 
not  cry  for  the  cut, 
yet,  as  he  lay  on  the 
sod,  he  did  cry  to  see 


110 


SAM   AND   HIS 

one  who  was  his  own 
son  so  bad  a  boy. 
Bob,  now,  as   the 


DOG  RED  LEG. 

mag  pie  lay  on  the 
sod,  saw  how  far  a 
gun  ean  go;  and  he 
saw,  too,  how  bad  it 
is  to  set  one  off;  yet 
he  was  not  so  sad  for 
the  old  man,  as  for 
his  own  pet  mag  pie : 
and  he  said,  "Oh! 
why  did  the  gun  go 
so  far?  why  did  it  not 


112  SAM  AND   HIS 

hit  the  old  cur  who 
had  his  lip  on  it,  and 
who  bit  my  pet? — why 
did  it  not  hit  him?" 
So  he  did  cry  and  sob, 
and  was  sad. 

But  Sam  said  to 
him,  "Do  not  cry, 
Bob :  the  mag  pie 
may  not  die.  It  can 
fly  yet,  you  see;  and, 


DOG   RED   LEG.  113 

may  be,  it  is  not  so 
ill  as  to  die." 

Bob. —  "  Oh  !  yes, 
sir,  my  mag  pie  is  ill ; 
you  saw  it  try  to  fly, 
but  it  can  not  get  up. 
You  may  see  it  now 
fix  its  eye  on  me,  as 
if  to  ask  why  I  let 
off  the  gun  at  it? 
No,  no,  my  mag  pie 


114  SAM   AND   HIS 

can  not  fly,  nor  can 
it  sit.  It  can  but  lie 
on  the  sod  and  die. 
And  now  I  see  it  die! 
Oh !  how  sad  I  am !" 
And  Bob  lay  on  the 
sod  by  his  pet;  and 
did  cry,  and  sob,  and 
hit  the  sod,  as  we  oft 
see  a  bad  boy  do. 


DOG   RED   LEG.  115 


PART  IV. 

A    SAD    PA-PA. 

The  old  man  of  the 
cot  saw  Boh  lie  on 
the  sod;  and,  ill  as 
he  was,  he  got  up,  to 
ask  if  he  was  hit  hy 


118  SAM   AND   HIS 

the  gun:  but,  as  he 
saw  his  son  was  not 
hit  at  all,  he  said  to 
him,  "Oh!  Bob,  you 
are  a  bad  boy :  I  saw 
you  set  off  the  gun  ; 
and  you  see  how  it 
has  hit  me,  and  cut 
my  leg!  You  let  it 
off  to  hit  Red  Leg, 
and  did  try  to  aim  it 


DOG   RED   LEG.  117 

at  him ;  hut  it  did  not 
go  off  so  as  to  hit  the 
dog;  no,  it  hit  the 
mag  pie  you  had  for 
a  pet,  (as  was  fit  for 
it  to  do,)  and  you 
saw  it  die. 

"Wow,  you  see  the 
gun  has  hit  me  too, 
and  I  may  die,  as  the 
mag  pie  did ;  and,  if 


118  SAM   AND   HIS 

I  do,  who  can  be  to 
you  as  I  am  1  A  bad 
boy  can  get  no  one  to 
aid  him,  and  how  can 
you  get  on  if  I  am 
not  by  you  1  Oh!  my 
son,  my  son!  bad  as 
you  are,  I  am  sad  for 
you !" 

Bob  got  up  off  the 
sod,  and  did   fix  his 


DOG   RED   LEG.  119 

eye  on  the  cut  his 
pa-pa  had  got.  It 
was  not  for  his  pet 
mag  pie  he  was  now 
sad.  No!  he  was  in 
wo  to  see  his  pa-pa  so 
ill. 

Sam  was  sad  to  see 
the  old  man  ill,  and 
sad  to  see  Boh  in  wo; 
and  he  said,  "  Bob  is 


120  SAM   AND   HIS 

in  wo,  sir,  to  see  you 
so  ill ;  and  he  is  sad, 
too,  I  see,  for  his  own 
sin:  so  he  may  yet 
get  off  his  had  way, 
and  be  as  a  son  to 
you.  Do  not,  I  beg, 
let  him  see  you  in  ire. 
He  may  be  of  use  to 
you  now  you  are  ill ; 
and  he  ean  not  be  so 


DOG  RED  LEG.  121 

sad,  if  you  let  him  be 
of  use  to  you." 

Bob.— "Oh!  do  not 
ask  him  to  let  me  be 
of  use  to  him.  I  am 
too  bad  a  boy.  I,  who 
set  off  the  gun,  and 
hit  him,  ean  not  be  as 
his  son." 

Sam. —  "  You  can 
try  to  be  of  use   to 


122  SAM    AND    HIS 

him,  and  to  be  as  a 
son  to  him  now  he  is 
ill ;  can  you  not  V9 

Bob  did  not  say  yes, 
or  no ;  but  he  did  cry 
as  he  saw  the  sad  cut 
on  the  leg  of  his  own 
pa-pa;  and  the  old 
man  said  to  him, 
"  You  see,  Bob,  the 
eye  of  God  is  on  us 


DOG   RED   LEG.  123 

all.  Sin  can  not  be 
hid :  for  God  can  see 
all  who  sin.  He  saw 
you  hit  the  gun,  and 
set  it  off,  as  you  sat 
on  the  sod :  and  He 
did  to  you  as  you  did 
try  to  do  to  Sam. 
You  did  try  to  vex 
him,  and  God  saw  fit 
to  vex  you.   But  God 


134  SAM   AND   HIS 

did  it  to  let  you  see 
how  bad  you  are,  so 
as  not  to  let  you  go 
on  in  sin."        ? 

Bob.—"  Oh !  I  was 
bad!  bad  to  Sam, who 
can  vex  no  one ;  but, 
oh !  how  bad  I  am  to 
you !  You  can  not 
now  let  me  be  as  a 
son  to  you." 


DOG   RED   LEG.  125 


PART  V. 

THE   END. 


The  old  man,  and 
Boh,  and  Sam,  got 
in  to  the  eot ;  and  as 
Bob  saw  his  pa-pa 
so  ill,  and  the  cut  on 


126  SAMANDHIS 

his  leg  so  red,  he  ran 
to  his  hed,  and  lay  on 
it  in  wo,  and  did  ask 
Ood  not  to  let  his 
pa-pa  die. 

"Oh,  Ood!  I  am 
a  had,  had  hoy,"  said 
he;  "a  hoy  of  sin! 
But  I  am  sad  for  all 
the  ill  I  did,  and  now 
I  ask  Thy  aid  to  get 


DOG   RED   LEG.  127 

me  out  of  the  way  of 
sin.  Thy  Son  can  see 
all  we  do,  and  He 
has  an  ear  to  all  we 
say;  oh!  let  all  I  now 
do  be  fit  for  His  eye ; 
and  let  all  I  say  be  fit 
for  His  ear.  And,  oh! 
do  not  let  my  pa-pa 
die !  But  say  I  may 
yet  be  a  son  to  him ; 


128  SAM   AND  HIS 

and  let  me  be  Thy 
son,  now  and  to  my 
end. — Amen." 

80  Bob  got  up,  and 
ran  to  his  pa-pa  to 
try  to  be  of  use  to 
him ;  and  God  let 
him  be  of  use,  and  let 
him  get  all  he  had  to 
ask  for ;  and  in  a  day 
or  two  the  old  man 


DOG   RED   LEG.  129 

was  not  ill,  and    he 
said  to  Bob, 

"You  do  not  vex 
me  now,  my  boy,  for 
you  try,  I  see,  not  to 
be  bad ;  and  you  see 
how  Ctod  ean  aid  us 
all  to  get  out  of  the 
way  of  sin,  if  we  but 
try  to  do  so." 


R 


130  SAM   AND   HIS 

Then  Bob  said  to 
Sam,  low  in  his  ear, 
"  Oh !  Nam,  I  am  in 
joy  now ;  pa-pa  said, 
imy  boy?  Oh!  I  see 
he  ean  let  me  be  his 
son  yet." 

"  Yes,"  said  the  old 
man,  "  I  can  let  you 
be  my  son.     You  are 


DOG  RED  LEG.  131 

my  own  son  now. 
May  Ood  let  you  be 
His  son  too." 


END  OF  THE  THIRD  TALE. 


FOUKTHTALE.    * 


BOB   AND   TOM    LEE. 


a33) 


A  TALE 

OP 

BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

FOURTH  TALE. 

WITH  A  FEW  WORDS  IN  POUR  LETTERS. 

PART  I. 
A   RACE. 

It  was  a  hot  day, 
at  the  end  of  May, 
and  Boh  Lee,  as  he 
lay  in  his  bed,  said  to 

(13S) 


136     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

Tom,  "Let  us  get 
up,  Tom;  see  how 
hot  the  sun  is;  let 
us  get  up  and  go  out. 
We  can  run  to  the 
bay,  and  get  a  dip  in 
the  sea,  so  do  get  up 
and  let  us  go." 

But  Tom  said,  "No, 
Bob,  we  can  not  go. 
The  bay  is  too  far  off; 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     137 

we  may  not  go  so  far, 
for  pa-pa  and  mam- 
ma bid  us  not." 

Bob.— "  Why,  Tom, 
the  bay  is  not  far  off 
at  all.  The  sun  is 
not  too  hot;  and  the 
dew  is  on  the  sod  yet. 
Do  let  us  run  off,  and 
try  to  get  a  dip." 

Tom.— "No,   Bob; 


138     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

I  can  not  vex  mam- 
ma. Tho'  the  dew  is 
on  the  sod,  yet  the 
air  is  as  hot  as  if  it 
was  mid  day;  and  she 
bid  us  not  run  in  the 
hot  sun,  or  dip  in  the 
sea  to  day,  as  you 
hare  been  ill." 

Bob.—"  But  I  am 
not   ill   to   day,   sir. 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     139 

Iflnt  may  lie  in  bed, 
if  you  like  it ;  but,  as 
for  nie,  I  am  up  now, 
and  I  ean  go  to  the 
bay  by  my  self." 

Tom. — "  Oh,  do  not 
dip  in  the  sea,  Bob, 
I  beg  of  you.  I  can 
get  up,  too,  and  we 
may  go  and  get  our 
dog,  and  run  on  the 


140     BOB   AND   TOM   LEE. 

sod ;  but  do  not  run 
to  the  sea  or  dip;  for, 
if  you  do,  you  may 
die." 

Now  Bob  was  a  bad 
boy:  he  was  as  bad 
as  Sam  Ray.  So  he 
did  not  do  as  he  was 
bid,  but  ran  off  to  the 
bay,  to  get  a  dip. 

Tom   got  up   and 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     141 

ran  out  too,  to  try  to 
get  up  to  Bob,  and 
not  to  let  him  go. 
And,  as  he  ran,  he 
gave  a  call  out  to 
Bob,  "  Oh !  do  not  go 
on,  Bob ;  do  not  dip 
in  the  sea ;'  do  not  be 
so  bad  a  boy.  You 
will  vex  pa-pa  and 
mam-ma,  if  you  do." 


142     BOB  AND  TGM  LEE. 

But  Bob  ran  on, 
and  all  he  said  was, 
"Ha,  ha,  ha!  I  am 
too  far  on  for  you  to 
get  me,  Tom."  And 
as  he  got  to  the  bay, 
he  put  off  all  he  had 
on,  and  ran  in  to  the 
sea,  and  got  his  dip, 
just  as  Tom  got  up  to 
him. 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     143 

"  Ha,  ha !  ha,  ha ! 
I  am  in  the  sea,  you 


see.    Yes,  I   am   in, 
up  to  my  arms :  you 


144     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

can  not  get  at  me 
now.  Let  me  see  if 
you  can. 

"  Tho'  the  day  is  so 
hot,  Tom,  and  tho'  I 
ran  so  far,  yet  I  am 
not  too  hot  now  I  am 
in  the  sea;  no,  Tom, 
I  am  cold, — oh,  too 
cold." 

As  he  said  this,  he 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     145 

gave  a  loud  cry,  and 
put  up  his  hand  to  his 
head,  and  said,  "  Oh ! 
Tom,  my  head,  my 
head!"  and  he  fell 
hack  in  the  sea. 


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146     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 


PART  II. 
A  FISH  MAN'S  COT. 

Bob  lay  in  the  sea; 
and  if  Tom  had  not 
run  in,  and  got  him 
in  his  arms  to  pull 
him  out,  the  sea  had 
been  his  bed  to  die  in. 


BOB   AND  TOM  LEE.     147 

But  Tom  got  him 
out  at  last,  and  set 
him  on  a  dry  sod,  in 
the  sun ;  and  took  his 


148     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

own  bib,  to  dry  the 
wet  off  him,  and  to 
rub  him  warm ;  and 
he  put  on  all  he  had 
had  on,  and  sat  by  him 
on  the  sod,  and  held 
him  in  his  arms. 

But  Bob  was  so  ill, 
he  fell  out  of  his  arms 
on  the  sod,  and  did 
not  stir.    At  last  he 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     149 

said,  "Oh!  Tom,  I 
am  ill,  I  can  not  see 
you.  Take  me  out  of 
the  sea,  and  let  me 
go  to  mam-ma." 

Tom  was  in  joy  to 
hear  one  word  from 
his  lip,  for  he  had 
heen  sure  he  was 
dead;  and  he  said, 
"  You  are  out  of  the 


150     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

sea,  Bob :  and  I  will 
get  you  on  my  back, 
and  take  you  to  mam- 
ma." 

80  Tom  took  him 
up  on  his  back,  and 
bore  him  on  as  far  as 
an  old  fish  man's  hut, 
at  the  end  of  the  bay; 
and  as  Tom  got  to  it, 
he  had  to  lay  Bob  on 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     151 

the  sod,  and  to  sit  on 
it  him  self,  to  rest. 

And  as  he  sat,  he 
said  to  Boh,  "  Let  us 
try  to  get  in  to  the 
hut,  and  old  Sam  Joy 
ean  let  you  lie  on  his 
bed  till  I  run  home 
for  pa-pa  or  mam-ma, 
to  come  for  you." 

And    Bob    said, — 


153     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

"Oh,  yes,  Tom;  do 
run  for  pa-pa  and 
mam-ma.  I  am  not 
so  ill  as  I  was,  and  I 
can  lie  on  the  sod,  or 
go  in  to  the  hut  by 
my  self:  so  go,  I  beg 
of  you." 

Tom  ran  off;  and 
Bob  got  up  to  go  in 
to    the  hut;  but   he 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     IfM 

was  so  ill,  he  had  to 
lie  on  the  sod  as  he 
was.  "  Oh !"  said  he, 
"I  can  not  get  up: 
Ctod  has  let  me  get 
ill,  I  was  so  had  a 
hoy."  So  he  lay  on 
the  sod,  and  did  cry 
and  soh,  for  he  now 
felt  how  bad  he  had 
been. 

o 


154  BOB  AND  TOM  LEE 


PART  III. 
THE  BULL  DOG. 

As  Bob  lay  on  the 
sod,  he  saw  old  Sam 
Joy,  the  fish  man,  lay 
out  his  net  to  dry  not 
far  off.  "Ah!  he 
will  take  me  in  to  his 


BOB   AND  TOM   LEE.     155 

cot,  and  let  me  lie  on 
his  bed,w  said  he;  but 
as  he  sat  up  to  look 
for  Nam,  his  eye  met 
the  eye  of  an  old  bull 
dog,  who,  as  he  saw  a 
boy  so  near  the  cot, 
was  on  lurk  to  bite 
him.  Ill  as  Bob  was, 
he  now  rose  up  to  try 
to  get  up  in  to  an  old 


156     BOB   AND   TOM  LEE. 

elm  tree  that  was  near 
the  cot;  but  the  dog 
ran  at  him,  and  got 
him  by  the  leg,  and 


BOB  AND   TOM  LEE.     157 

bit  him :  and  all  Bob 
had  to  do  was  to  cry 
out  to  Nam  Joy,  and 
beg  of  him  to  call  the 
dog  off;  but  Nam  was 
too  far-  off,  to  see  or 
hear  him:  and  Bob 
said  to  him  self,  "Ah! 
I  see  how  it  is :  I  am 
so  bad  a  boy,  God  has 
let  no  one  be  near  to 


158     BOB  AND  TOM   LEE. 

help  me.  Oh!  pa-pa, 
mam-ma,  and  Tom, 
why  did  I  not  do  as 
you  all  hid  me?"  So  he 
gave  him  self  up  for 
lost,  for  he  saw  the 
old  hull  dog  fix  his 
eyes  on  him,  and  rush 
up  the  tree  at  him,  as 
if  to  tear  him  in  hits. 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     159 


PART  IV. 

A  FOX. 


Just  as  Bob  had 
lost  all  hope,  Sam  Joy 
got  to  the  end  of  his 
job.  He  had  set  one 
net  in  the  sea,  and 
had   put  one  out  to 


160     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

dry  on  the  sod;  and 
he  was  now  on  the 
way  home  to  his  cot, 
when  he  saw  his  dog 
make  a  high  leap  to 
get  up  to  some  hoy 
who  was  in  the  elm 
tree.  And  8am  gave 
a  loud  call,  and  said, 
"Fox,  Fox!  Oh,  fie, 
Fox!"  and  off  ran  the 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     161 

dog,  with  a  wag  of 
his  tail,  to  meet  the 
old  man,  and  left  Bob 
in  the  tree. 
I  When  Sam  came 
up,  and  saw  Bob  Lee 
in  the  tree,  he  was  in 
joy  that  his  dog  had 
not  got  at  him,  to  pull 
him  down;  and  he 
said,  "  You  are  hurt, 


162     BOB   AND   TOM   LEE. 

sir.  You  look  pale 
and  ill ;  and  you  had 
best  come  in  to  my 
poor  hut,  and  lie  on 
the  bed,  till  I  wash 
this  cut  on  your  leg." 
And  Bob  was  glad 
to  go.  80  Sam  got 
him  in  his  arms ;  and 
as  he  took  him  in  to 
the  cot,  Bob  said  to 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     163 

him,  "  Oh,  Nam!  I  am 
a  bad  boy.  I  did  dip 
in  the  sea,  tho'  I  was 
bid  not  to  do  it :  and 
God  has  made  me  so 
ill,  I  fear  I  am  to 
die." 

Then  8am  bid  him 
not  cry,  and  he  laid 
him  on  his  bed,  and 
sat  down  by  his  side, 


164     BOB  AND  TOM   LEE. 

and  took  care  of  him 
all  day. 


Hour  on  hour  went 
by,  and  Bob  got  more 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     1G5 

ill:  and  now  and  then 
he  gave  a  sigh  for  his 
pa-pa,  and  mam-ma, 
and  for  Tom ;  hut  not 
one  of  them  eame  near 
him,  and  he  saw  no 
one  but  the  old  man 
of  the  cot  all  day  long. 


• 


166     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 


PART  V. 

ALL  WHO  SIN  ARE  SAD. 

As  Tom  ran  home, 
he  had  got  ill  too;  and 
when  he  got  in  to  his 
mam-ma's  room,  he 
had'  such  a  pain  in  his 
head  that  he  fell  down 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     10? 

and  had  like  to  die ; 
and  tho'  he  did  talk  of 
Bob  all  day,  he  did 
not  say  how  he  was, 
or  that  he  was  at  the 
old  man's  eot :  for  he 
did  not  know  what 
he  said  or  did. 

As  the  dawn  of  the 
next  day  came,  Tom 
was  not  so  ill ;  and  he 


168     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

then  told  how  he  had 
left  Boh  at  the  cot  of 
the  old  fish  man.  80 
Mr.  Lee  set  off  in  his 
gig,  to  seek  for  his 
son,  and  to  take  him 
home. 

Boh  had  heen  in 
pain  and  wo  all  that 
day;  hut  he  had  not 
said  one  word  for  a 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     16!) 

long  time,  but  lay  like 
a  lamb:  for  he  felt 
that  he  had  been  a 
bad  boy,  and  that  he 
was  now  to  die. 

At  last,  when  the  sun 
was  set  and  the  day 
gone,  he  lay  on  his  face 
and  wept ;  and  he  said 
to  the  old  man,  *'  I  see 
how  it  is:  I  am  to  die 


170     BOB   AND   TOM   LEE. 

here  with  you,  Sam, 
and  I  am  not  to  see 
my  pa-pa  or  mam-ma. 
I  have  heen  so  had  a 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     171 

boy ,  they  can  not  come 
to  see  me."  Then  he 
bent  down  his  head, 
to  ask  Ood  to  save 
him  from  his  sin ;  and 
to  pray  to  him  for  ease, 
and  not  to  let  him  die, 
till  he  had  seen  his 
pa-pa  and  mam-ma. 
"  All  who  sin  must 
die,"  said  he  to  him 


172     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

self;  "  and  so,  I  know 
I  must  die."  Then  he 
wept,  and  got  so  ill, 
that  he  did  not  see,  or 
hear,  or  know  who 
was  in  the  cot,  or  who 
was  not.  And  he  got 
more  and  more  weak, 
till  at  last  Sam  saw 
that  all  his  pain  was 
at  an  end. 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     173 


PART  VI. 

A  SAD  MAM-MA. 

The  old  man  sat 
by  the  bed  till  the 
new  sun  was  up,  and 
just  as  it  rose,  he  saw 
a   gig    come    to   the 


174     BOB   AND  TOM   LEE. 

door;  and  Mr.  Lee 
ran  in  to  ask  for  his 
boy,  and  to  say  he 
had  come  to  take  him 
home.  But  when  he 
saw  Bob  lie,  all  pale 
and  cold,  on  the  bed, 
he  gave  a  cry  of  wo ; 
and  when  he  had  sat 
by  his  bed  for  some 
time,  and  seen  that  all 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     175 

wasatanend,hewent 
out  of  the  co*~V>ld  the 
old  man  w*  1  must 
be  done,  and  t^en  got 
in  to  his  gig,  ai  Hwent 
home  withasad  mind, 
to  tell  his  poor  wife 
all  that  had  come  to 
pass. 

When  Tom  saw  his 
pa-pa  come  home,  and 


176     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

was  told  that  Bob  was 
dead,  y  'ay  down  and 
hid  hi  tee,  and  knew 
not  wjnat  to  do. 

At  I  »%  he  said, with 
a  loud  sob,  "  Oh,  pa- 
pa !  how  can  we  tell 
mam-ma  that  Bob  is 
dead?"  and  Mr.  Lee 
said,  "I  know  not 
how  to  tell  her."  But 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     177 

just  then  she  came  in 
to  the  room,  to  ask 
why  Bob  was  not 
come  home.     / 

Tom  did  not  say  a 
word,  nor  did  his  pa- 
pa; but  she  saw  them 
both  weep,  and  she 
said  to  Mr.  Lee,  "  Is 
my  boy  too  ill  to  come 
tome'?   If  so,  then  let 


178     BOB  AND   TOM  LEE. 

me  go  to  him."  But 
Mr.  Lee  told  her  she 
need  not  go  to  him 
then.  "You  will  go  to 
him  yet,  I  hope,"  said 
he :  "  for  he  was  sad 
for  his  sin;  hut  he  is 
now  gone  from  us 
both.  His  pain  is  at 
an  end,  and  he  is  gone 
to  a  life  of  joy." 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     179 

"Ah!  wo  is  me: 
and  must  I  see  my 
boy  no  more?'  said 
she;  and  as  she  said 
the  last  word,  she  got 
so  weak  and  ill,  that 
Mr.  Lee  and  Tom 
were  in  fear  for  her 
life  too. 

Tom  was  on  his 
knee  at  her  bed  side ; 


180     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

and,  as  well  as  sobs 
let  him,  he  said  in  his 
mind  to  God,  "Oh, 
make  me  a  good  boy ! 
and  let  me  be  a  help 
to  my  poor  pa-pa  and 
mam-ma  I" 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     181 


PART  VII. 

THE  OLD  FISH  MAN. 

As  Tom  got  up  off 
his  knee,  he  saw  Sam 
Joy  at  the  door ;  and 
he  went  to  keep  him 


182     BOB   AND  TOM   LEE. 

back,  and  to  say,  that 
his  mam-ma  was  too 
ill  to  see  him  then. 
But  when  he  saw  the 
old  man,  with  his  ass 
and  fish  cart,  at  the 
hall  door,  he  felt  in 
ire  at  him,  and  bade 
him  take  his  fish  out 
of  that ;  for  no  one, 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     183 

he  said,  had  need  of 
them  at  Lee  Hall 
that  day. 

"Do  not  send  me 
off  in  that  way,  sir," 
said  the  old  man.  "  I 
have  got  a  fine  live 
fish  here,  that,  I  am 
sure,  you  will  like 
to   have;    just    take 


184     BOB   AND  TOM  LEE. 

a  look  at   it   in  the 
cart !" 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     185 

Sam's  face  had  a 
look  of  glee,  that 
made  Tom  cast  his 
eye  on  the  cart :  and 
what  did  he  see?  His 
own  dear  Boh  laid  at 
his  ease  on  some  hay 
in  the  cart,  and  his 
eyes  were  set  on  Tom 
with  joy  and  love. 


2A 


186     BOB  AND   TOM   LEE. 

Tom  gave  a  high 
leap  in  the  air,  and  a 
cry  of  joy  ;  and  then 
got  in  to  the  cart,  and 
took  Bob  in  his  arms: 
and  he  did  not  let 
him  go  till  his  pa-pa 
came  out,  to  ask  what 
had  made  Tom  give 
so  loud  a  cry. 

Then  Mr.  Lee,  too, 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     187 

saw  his  son  as  he  lay 
in  the  cart.  He  was 
pale  and  ill,  it  is  true; 
hut  he  was  in  life : 
and  as  Mr.  ]Lee  got 
him  in  his  arms,  and 
took  him  in  to  the 
hall,  he  wept  for  joy, 
to  have  him  back  with 
him  once  more. 
Bob  had  been  in  a 


188     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

weak  fit,  as  he  lay  in 
the  old  man's  hed  at 
the  cot ;  hut  his  time 
to  die  had  not  yet 
come.  And  when  he 
got  out  of  the  fit, 
Nam  saw  he  was  not 
so  ill ;  and  he  gave 
him  some  food,  and 
put  him  in  to  his 
cart,  snug  and  warm, 


BOB  AND  TOM  LEE.     189 

and  led  him  home  to 
Lee  Hall. 

When  Boh  saw  him 
self  in  his  own  hall, 
and  his  pa-pa  and 
Tom  hy  his  side,  he 
was  so  glad,  he  did 
not  know  what  to  say 
or  do. 

At  last  he  said, — 
"  Oh,  pa-pa !  take  me 


190     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

to  my  mam-ma:  I 
can  not  be  in  joy  till 
I  see  her,  and  till  I 
tell  her  that  I  hope  I 
may  be  bad  no  more." 
80  Mr. I  Lee  went 
in,  and  told  her  she 
was  to  see  her  son 
yet.  And  then  he  led 
Bob  in,  and  set  him 
by  her  on  the  same 


BOB   AND   TOM   LEE.     191 

bed :  and  I  need  not 
tell  what  joy  all  were 
in  to  see  them  side  by 
side  once  more. 

From  that  day,  Bob 
was  no  more  like  the 
boy  he  had  been ;  but 
grew  mild,  and  wise, 
and  good,  like  Tom: 
and  both  of  them 
grew  up    fine    boys, 


192     BOB  AND  TOM  LEE. 

and  were  let  live  to 
a  good  old  age,  and 
were  held  in  love,  to 
the  last,  by  all  who 
knew  them. 


THE  END, 


A.V.EMMOTT&SONS 
BOOKBINDERS,  Inc. 

1101  HAMILTON 
HOUSTON  3,  TEXAS 


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